Here are AAN co-director Thomas Ruttig’s next speaking appointments: four public events in four German cities (Mainz, Hamburg, Geesthacht near Hamburg, Berlin), all before the end of March, each time about the Afghan issue that dominates Germany’s domestic debate: whether the country is ‘safe’ enough that the German government (at the start of an election campaign and challenged by a new right-wing populist party) should deport rejected Afghan asylum seekers (in German, some with translation into Dari).
Aftermath of a Taleban-claimed war crime: an attack on a civilian target, the German Consulate in Mazar-e-Sharif, on 10 November 2016. A vehicle filled with explosives was detonated, killing four civilians and injured more than 100 others. Photo: Tolo
1) Wednesday, 15 March 2017, 7.00pm, Mainz
The local NGO Save me Mainz invites Afghan refugees and everyone interested for a “country evening about Afghanistan”.
Apart from Thomas, representatives of pro-refugee initiatives and refugees will speak about their work and their situation.
Venue:
Gemeindesaal St. Bonifaz, Bonifaziusplatz 1 (Boppstr.), 55118 Mainz
More info: [email protected]
2) Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 8.00pm, Hamburg
Organised by Communal Academy Hamburg-Blankenese: “How safe is Afghanistan?”
Presentation by Thomas Ruttig, followed by a panel discussion with refugees from Afghanistan, moderated by Dr Margret Johannsen, Hamburg Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy (IFSH).
Venue:
Gemeindehaus, ev.-luth. Kirchengemeinde Blankenese, Mühlenberger Weg 64 a, 22587 Hamburg-Blankenese
More information here.
3) Thursday, 23 March 2017, 7.00pm, Geesthacht (near Hamburg)
Podium discussion with Thomas Ruttig (AAN); Dietlind Jochims, Commissioner for Refugees and Human Rights of the Northern German Protestant Church; Martin Link, Refugee Council Schleswig-Holstein; moderated by Elisabeth Hartmann-Runge, Refugee Commissioner of Lübeck/Lauenburg church district and translated into Dari by Rayana Fakhri.
Organisers: Christus Church Parish Geesthacht ● Church District Lübeck/Lauenburg ● Flüchtlingsrat Schleswig-Holstein e.V.
Venue:
Christuskirche, Neuer Krug 4, Geesthacht-Düneberg
Download the event’s flyer here:
http://frsh.de/fileadmin/pdf/termine/2017/Flyer-Afghanistan-Geesthacht_23032017.pdf
4) Wednesday, 29 March 2017, 7.00pm, Berlin
“Afghanistan – (no) safe country”
Information evening organised by the Berlin educational institute of Heinrich Böll Foundation and Asylum in Church assocation Berlin.
Venue:
Heilig-Kreuz-Kirche, Zossener Str. 65, 10961 Berlin
With Thomas Ruttig (AAN); Katharina Müller, Refugee Council Berlin; Kava Spartak, YAAR Association; moderated by Bernhard Fricke, Asylum in Church
More information here.
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This article was last updated on 9 Mar 2020
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